reflection

Dining with Saint Ignatius: The saint’s guidance for mindful eating

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A One-Day Retreat Apply here! Facilitated by Philip Shano, SJ This one-day retreat will use the Ignatian guidelines on the taking of food. These rules are included in Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises and are helpful in a discerned approach to eating, […]

Prayer Bead Pilgrimage – A One-Day Retreat

St. Brigid's Villa, Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 N, Guelph, ON, Canada

Apply here! Generations before us have appreciated the comfort of holding prayer beads in their hands. Join us in a new and fresh approach to this old tradition. You will begin this daylong journey by stringing your own Chaplet of Renewal, […]

Martha and Mary: Action and Contemplation

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A One-Day Retreat Apply here! Facilitated by Philip Shano, SJ This one-day retreat will be structured around the always-relevant story of Martha and Mary, the friends of Jesus who serve as illustrations of the ageless dynamic between being occupied with […]

Council of All Beings

St. Brigid's Villa, Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 N, Guelph, ON, Canada

Borrowed from Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects, The Council of All Beings brings humans together in meaningful way to think, feel and yearn beyond themselves. “This creative communal ritual allows us to step aside from our human identity and speak on […]

WRITE: Getting the Inside Out Weekend Retreat

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Apply here! What happens when we feel the natural world as the spark that brings us to the page? What takes place when we put words to paper?   When imagination meets the flesh of tree? The connection that occurs when mind and […]

The Treasure Within Us All One-Day Retreat

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sharing Our Sacred Stories Apply here! Facilitated by Katherine Piderman We all hold a treasure of spiritual experiences which have blessed and challenged us.  It can be a great gift to explore these with a trained and trusted person, to […]

The Ignatian Examen of Consciousness

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A One-Day Retreat Apply here! Facilitated by Philip Shano, SJ This one-day retreat will be structured around the increasingly relevant and simple suggestion for daily discernment offered in Saint Ignatius’ Examen of Consciousness. This prayer exercise is helpful for those […]

Eating for Tomorrow: the Ecology and Politics of Food

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A weekend food retreat Apply here! You are what you eat...not a very controversial statement. Experience shows that a steady diet of junk food will make you feel pretty trashy, whereas a feeling of vitality comes from eating a good […]

The Creative Path: A One-Day Art Retreat

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Apply here! Facilitated by Marilyn Clarke This one-day retreat invites individuals into the art making process with the goal of promoting reflection, symbolic thinking, emotional release and spontaneous expression. Using a variety of art making materials, we will explore ways […]

Waiting for God in Advent: God’s Loving Gaze Upon the World

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre 5420 Hwy 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A One-Day Retreat Apply here! Facilitated by Philip Shano, SJ This one-day retreat is offered in the Season of Advent and will be structured around the Incarnation exercise of Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises, in which God is imagined as gazing with […]

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